Rural City of Mildura
Rural City of Mildura | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria Civic Buildings, 2009 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 34°47′50″S 141°45′40″E / 34.79722°S 141.76111°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Loddon Mallee | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Mildura | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr Liam Wood | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 22,083 km2 (8,526 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 56,972 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.57990/km2 (6.68192/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 20 January 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Rural City of Mildura | ||||||||||||
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The Rural City of Mildura is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 22,083 square kilometres (8,526 mi2) being the largest LGA in the state by land size. In August 2021 the area had a population of 56,972. It includes the city of Mildura and the towns of Merbein, Red Cliffs, Irymple, Ouyen, Murrayville and Underbool.
The Rural City is governed and administered by the Mildura Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Mildura, it also has service centres located in Ouyen and a couple of other locations within Mildura. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement, Mildura, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 30,647.
In 2006 the Rural City of Mildura had a population of 49,815, most of which was located in Mildura (30,016) and adjacent areas (that is Victorian Sunraysia). Many of the small towns in the region have practically disappeared as more efficient farming methods reduce the quantity of human labour required.